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Dirk-Jan Gondrie is a partner in the Amsterdam office. He specializes in commercial property, hotel and retail property transactions as well as leasing matters with regards to these objects.

Dirk-Jan acts mainly for international, as well as Dutch domestic investors. He is frequently engaged in cross-border real estate acquisition and restructuring work, focusing on Dutch sale and lease aspects. In recent years Dirk-Jan has been involved in various major transactions in the Dutch real estate market. In 2013 and 2014 Dirk-Jan assisted several UK and US real estate companies who were entering the Dutch real estate market.

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Savills IM: Advising in relation to the acquisition of the BrandLoyalty distribution center, which consists of 39,900 sq.m. warehouse space, 2,950 sq.m. mezzanine space and 1,300 sq.m. office space, in the southern Dutch city of Venlo, in an off-market deal worth €48 million.

Bouwinvest: Advising on the acquisition of the ‘Central Park’ office building at the heart of Utrecht’s Central Business District from a JV between AFP International and Angelo Grodon.

A German investment fund: Advising on the sale of a 10,000 sqare meter office building in Rotterdam to Hotel Rotterdam Alexander B.V., which will be transformed into a hotel.

Savills Investment Management Advising in relation to the acquisition of two retail premises from Redevco. It concerns 4,764 sq. m of retail space in Breda and 4,208 sq. m in Almere, with respectively C&A and Esprit and JD Sports as current tenants. Savills IM will place the premises in its new European Retail Fund (Euro V).

A foreign investor: Advising in the sale of the 8,209 sq. m head office of Heijmans, a major European construction-services business, in Rosmalen the Netherlands, to French asset manager Corum. The premises includes 200 parking spaces.

Deka Immobilien: Advising on the acquisition of five-star Hotel NH Collection Amsterdam Barbizon Palace at the Prins Hendrikkade 59-72, in the city center of Amsterdam, for € 155,5 million from NH Group. Part of the agreement is the leaseback by NH for a minimum period of 20 years.

Hines: Advising Hines’ pan European Core Fund (HECF) on the € 116 million acquisition of the prime office building “Noortse Bosch” in the city center of Amsterdam from Real I.S. The acquisition involves approximately 18,000 m2 office space divided over 5 floors, with retail and parking facilities on the ground floor. The building is being let to the AFM, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, and Booking.com. Both lessees are committed to long term lease contracts. This transaction constitutes Hines’ first acquisition in the Dutch market since the opening of its office in the Netherlands earlier this year.

ASR Vastgoed Vermogensbeheer: Advising on the sale of business center Meerparc to First Sponsor Group. Meerparc is situated at Amstelveenseweg 638-730 in Amsterdam and consists of 12,200 sq.m office space spread over 4 floors and 4,600 sq.m commercial space on the ground floor. Main tenant of the office space is law firm DLA Piper.

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